Bathtub attachment



Sept. 24, 1929. I F s n-Es 1,729,367

' BATHTUB ATTACHMENT Filed Feb. 21, 1929 Patented Sept. 24, 1929 UNITED STATES FRANK STITES, OF THREE RIVERS, MICHIGAN BATHTUB ATTACHMElYT Application filed February 21, 1929.

The present invention relates to an attachmentfor a bath tub and has for its prime object to provide means which may be placed over the flanges of a bath tub to prevent soapy hands from easily slipping thereon.

Another very important object of the in vention resides in the provision of a rubber strip to fit over the flange of the bath tub and novel means for holding the same in place.

A still further very important object of the invention resides in the provision of an improvement of this nature which is simple in its construction, inexpensive to manufacture, strong and durable, thoroughly eflicient and .15 reliable in use and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a top plan view of the bath tub showing my attachment in place.

Figure 2 is a sectional View taken SL1bStL11 tially on the line 22 of Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a perspective View of the pillow.

Referring to the drawin in detail it will be seen that the numeral 5 denotes a bath tub 25 withthe usual flange 6. I provide a rubber strip 7 to be placed over the flange along portions of the sides of the bath tub and around the foot thereof so that said strip is substantially U-shaped in formation and a trans verse section therethrough is substantially arcuate.

The outer edge of the strip at intervals is provided with recesses to receive legs of U-shaped flange members 8 which have screws 9 engaged through the other legs thereof whereby the outer edges of the strips may be clamped around under the outer edges of the flange 6 as is clearly illustrated in Figure 2. The bight portions of the clamps straddle the edge of the flange and the screw 9 is disposed within the flange to prevent contacting with the bather. The numeral 10 denotes a pillow supported by straps 11 which have snap fasteners 12 at the ends thereof which may be engaged over the screws 9 so that the pillow may hang down outside the tub or may be swung over to the inside of the tub when it is desired to use the same.

It is thought that the construction, utility Serial No. 341,658.

and advantages of this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this art without a more detailed description thereof.

It is apparent that changes in the details of constructionmay be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what i claim as new is: O

1. A bath tub attachment of the class described comprising a strip to be placed over the flange of the tub and having in its outer edge a plurality of recesses, U-shaped clamps having legs located in the recesses and screws 5 in other legs to clamp theouter edges of the strip on the outer edge of the flange of the tub.

2. A bath tub attachment of the class de scribed. comprising a strip to be placed over the flange of the tub and having in its outer edge a plurality of recesses, UE-shaped clamp having legs located in the recesses and screws in the other legs to clamp the outer edges of the strip on the inner edge of the flange of the tub, said U-shaped clamps having the legs thereof straddling the edge of the flange.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

FRANK STITES. 

